H002677 MG34 CANVAS RECEIVER COVER.
(Schützen Bedecken für MG34)BACKGROUND: Among other restrictions, the Treaty of Versailles banned Germany from developing any type of heavy machine gun. To circumvent this German development of an all purpose machine gun were secretly being done in Switzerland in the early 1930's. By 1934 designer Louis Stange of the Rheinmetall armaments factory had made improvements to the secret machine gun developed in Switzerland and the MG34 was introduced as an all purpose selective fire weapon. In spite of the relatively high production cost the MG34 was accepted by the Wehrmacht Ordnance department and deliveries of the MG34 began in 1936.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Woven, grey/blue canvas construction, protective, MG34 receiver cover. All complete. Near mint and super nice!
GRADE ****3/4 PRICE $500.00
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